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Tell It Like It Is by Aaron Neville
Tell It Like It Is
Intro: C+ (piano arpeggio)
Verse 1:
C7/G Gm C7
If you want something to play with
Gm C7 F Fmaj7/C F6
Go and find yourself a toy
D7/F# C7/G Gm C7
Baby my time is too expensive
Gm C7 F Fmaj7/C F6
And I'm not a little boy
Am Dm
If you are serious
Am Dm
Don't play with my heart, it makes me furious
Am Bb
But if you want me to love you
C Bb/C Am/C
Then baby I will, girl you know I will
Verse 2:
C7
Tell it like it is
Don't be ashamed to let your conscience be your guide
But I... know deep down inside of me
I believe you love me
Forget your foolish pride
Life is too short to have sorrow
We may be here today and gone tomorrow
You might as well get what you want
So go on and live, baby go on and live
Coda [repeat first half of verse 2]:
Tell it like it is
I'm nothing to play with
Go and find yourself a toy
But I... tell it like it is
My time is too expensive
And I'm not your little boy
Tell it like it is... [fade]
Notes:
1) The guitar part is mostly played in 6ths. Over the C7/G...Gm... etc.
progression it's:
1 1 1 1
xxx2x2 xxx0x0 xxx9x8 xxx9x8
want... some... with... your...
...; over the F Fmaj7/C F6 [D7/F#] it's all
xxx5x5
since the C and A are common to all of the chords.
2) The D7/F# sounds like it might be F#dim, but careful listening reveals
a D (not a D#) in the right-hand piano voicing.
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version 2
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: Bbm)
Intro:
D7
Verse 1:
Am D7
If you want, something to play with,
G Gmaj7 G6
Go and find your-self a toy.
E7 Am D7
Baby my time is too ex-pensive,
G Gmaj7 G6 G7
And I'm not your little boy.
Chorus 1:
Bm Em
If you are serious,
Bm
Don't play with my heart;
Em
It makes me furious.
Bm C
But if you want me to love you,
D C/D D
Then baby I will, girl you know I will.
Verse 2:
D7 Am
Tell it like it is,
D7
Don't be ashamed,
G Gmaj7 G6
To let your conscience be your guide.
E7 Am
But I know deep down inside of me,
D7
I believe you love me;
G Gmaj7 G6 G7
For-get your foolish pride.
Chorus 2:
Bm Em
Life is too short to have sorrow,
Bm Em
We may be here today and gone tomorrow.
Bm C
You might as well get what you want,
D D/C D
So go on and live, girl go on and live.
Verse 3:
D7 Am
Tell it like it is,
D7
Don't be ashamed,
G Gmaj7 G6
Let your conscience be your guide.
E7 Am
But I know deep down inside of me,
D7
I believe you love me;
G Gmaj7 G6 G7
For-get your foolish pride.
A7/C# G7/D Dm G7
Baby my time is too ex-pensive,
Dm G7 C Cmaj7 C6
And I'm not your little boy.
G7 Am
Tell it like it is...
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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D7 Am G Gmaj7 G6 E7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0212 x02210 320003 3x443x 322000 020100
G7 Bm Em C D C/D
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
323000 x24432 022000 x32010 xx0232 x00010
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